5 Things to Watch This Weekend - Jan. 27-28, 2018

The escapades of a hard-partying Chicago father of six and his tight-knit but dysfunctional brood, who muddle along with adult supervision provided by the eldest daughter. The show is based on a British TV series with the same title.

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Derilee has moved in with Frank, and all is well until her husband, Baxter, comes to Chatsworth with a gun planning to shoot Frank. With the police standing guard, it's a cacophony when Monica arrives! Derilee finally shoots down Baxter and leaves Chatsworth with Sherilee. Lilian starts dating Cajun Dave, while Mimi takes her fight with the Blancos to a whole new level.

Egged by her musician boyfriend Louis, Patreesha is all set to become the latest British sensation in the American music scene until Louis dies of a drug overdose. He leaves behind £50,000, triggering the greed of both Patreesha and Avril, who leave no stone unturned to cheat one another of the money. Frank is wrongly assumed to be a knicker stealer, and is ostracized.

When OAP Stanton kills himself under Aidan's care, a cat-and-mouse chase with the police ensues. Peppered with screw ups and false arrests, Aidan's path to proven innocence ends up being quite a journey. Esther's children, now living in Avril's old house, are not happy with Frank's friendship with Esther. Esther thinks nothing of it till she finds him naked and sprawled on her bed!

Shortly after proposing marriage to Kelly, Marty has to rush to Spain to check on his wife and children who were assumed dead. Karen suspects Jamie of infidelity and chooses to confide in Gloria, who he is actually having an affair with. Gloria chooses to end it with Jamie while Lillian struggles to make sense of a few visions.

Premise: The escapades of a hard-partying Chicago father of six and his tight-knit but dysfunctional brood, who muddle along with adult supervision provided by the eldest daughter. The show is based on a British TV series with the same title.
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